CHILDREN’S ARTS IN THE NORTH EAST
Join us at Seven Stories, Newcastle, for our next regional seminar on 23 September.
ACA would like to gratefully acknowledge patron Quentin Blake's contribution to the design of this website, which builds on his original gift of the ACA logo in 1998. Thank you Quentin!
Valuing children, valuing childhood, valuing the arts.
Action for Children’s Arts is a national charity and membership organisation which holds at its heart Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child:
Every child has the right to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.
ACA aims to support these rights in three key ways.
By campaigning for the right of all children in the UK to experience high quality arts experiences as an integral part of their childhood
By connecting people within and across the cultural and education sectors, across art-forms and across the regions and nations of the UK
By celebrating achievement, dedication and best practice in artistic activity for and with children.
ACA believes much more needs to be done to meet the ambitions stated in Article 31, and to this end, it launched a Manifesto for Children’s Arts in July 2008. Click here for more information on our Manifesto Campaign.